Empirical efficiency maximization: Improved locally efficient covariate adjustment in randomized experiments and survival analysis

International Journal of Biostatistics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Rubin, Daniel B ^a   Van Der Laan, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Covariate adjustment; Empirical efficiency maximization; Locally efficient estimation; Survival analysis; Two phase designs

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; COVARIATE ADJUSTMENT; EMPIRICAL EFFICIENCY MAXIMIZATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOCALLY EFFICIENT ESTIMATION; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SURVIVAL; TWO PHASE DESIGN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUSAL INFERENCE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CAUSAL INFERENCE; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOSTATISTICS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 44849123552     PISSN: 15574679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1557-4679.1084     Document Type: Article

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